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A jam submission

Don't drownView game page

Submitted by ShinuToki — 10 hours, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#192.7142.714
Gameplay#223.0003.000
Overall#312.6792.679
Graphics#412.5242.524
Mood#422.4762.476

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

It will be better soft start and slowly accelerate the game speed.

Developer(+1)

It is like that actually, but I guess I'm not a very good beta tester for my own game; and that's why the initial difficulty is too high for most people. I get scores around 300-400 points.

Submitted(+1)

38 was my best :D I challenged myself to have at least 30. Very simple idea with very nice execution.

Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

edit: there is a bug where if you go to a different web tab and back in all the music notes play at once! so loud owie!!!

was a fun game to hunt for a high score, i wish the high score was saved somewhere in case i accidentally reset before i got a screenshot!!

i think the water is balanced really well, and the game is perfectly executed for what it is. im glad the water waits for you on 0.
would have liked a volume slider maybe?

i do agree with some comments saying that the spikes should be more visible, the spikes are pretty low-contrast all things considered

i could probbably get higher if i tried a lot more times, but it seemed like the water was going to kill me around the 200-300 point regardless

Developer

I didn't thoroughly test the web build, I just checked that it ran. To be honest, I don't think I would have been able to fix that bug anyway, or maybe it's just a limitation of love.js. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Difficulty spike aside, it felt good when my brain turned off and I got in the flow state!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I really enjoy it! The difficulty is fine for me, since I like challenging games. Maybe a difficulty selector would resolve it? Dunno lol. With some polish it could be even better!

Submitted(+1)

A difficult but very fun game, I feel my brain getting scrambled as I try to press the right key, good job 

Submitted(+1)

I like me some high difficulty games! With a bit more polish this can be a good time sink. My biggest issue was the micro stutters I dunno if its my browser or something but that was really affecting the gameplay considering how fast the water level rises. Other then that its a good prototype. Well done!

Developer

Thanks! The stuttering could be due to love.js, the truth is that I barely tested it, I only checked that it worked in the browser haha

Submitted(+1)

cool mind game syncing left and right brain XD

My suggestion is to make the spikes  more noticeable for quick moving screens.

the game itself reminds me of mario tennis power tour minigame, duck jump I think is the name of the mini game?

Maybe if it's more noticeable the game will be much easier to play
Developer(+2)

Other people have also mentioned the traps to me. Maybe they were more visible in the early prototypes than in the final version lol

Submitted(+1)

pretty looking and with music, there is an addictive core, but it is so haaaaaaaaard. I have trouble climbing super fast and not running inot spike, it is quite counter intuitive?

Submitted(+1)

Super hard game but fun premise!

Developer

The difficulty is probably too high. I wanted it to be challenging, but I think I went overboard.

Submitted(+1)

Simple, but fun and functional arcade-style game! Keep it up

Developer

Thanks! I would have liked to polish it more (especially the difficulty curve), but in the end I didn't dedicate enough time to it.